Education and the Family

Passing Success Across the Generations

By Leon Feinstein, Kathryn Duckworth, Ricardo Sabates

Why it is that success, deprivation or disadvantage are so often passed down intergenerationally? What part does education play?

The educational achievement of parents is often...

Published June 25th 2008 by Routledge.

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Families in Today's World

A Comparative Approach

By David Cheal

An international textbook designed as a quick introduction for students from around the world studying sociology of family, this text provides comprehensive coverage of the major...

Published May 29th 2008 by Routledge.

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Intimate Fatherhood

A Sociological Analysis

By Esther Dermott

Fatherhood is gaining ever more public and political attention, stimulated by the increasing prominence of fathers’ rights groups and the introduction of social policies, such...

Published May 21st 2008 by Routledge.

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Triangles

Bowen Family Systems Theory Perspectives

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Move through emotional triangles toward a natural systems view of the individual in the context of the family and society

Triangles: Bowen Family Systems Theory...

Published March 25th 2008 by Routledge.

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American Families

A Multicultural Reader

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With its clear conceptual focus, well-chosen essays exploring the interactions between race-ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality in shaping family life by leading names from across...

Published March 7th 2008 by Routledge.

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Cohabitation, Family & Society

By Tiziana Nazio

This book deals with the process of the diffusion of cohabitation in Europe and discusses its impact upon fundamental changes in family formation. It makes...

Published December 3rd 2007 by Routledge.

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The Myth of Generational Conflict

The Family and State in Ageing Societies

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The ageing of Western societies has provoked extensive sociological debate, surrounding both the role of the state and whether it can afford the cost of...

Published December 1st 2007 by Routledge.

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Strong Families Around the World

Strengths-Based Research and Perspectives

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The strengths of families from culture to culture, when compared to each other, are remarkably similar and give us common ground around the world upon...

Published November 1st 2007 by Routledge.

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The Culture of Welfare Markets

The International Recasting of Pension and Care Systems

By Ingo Bode

This book examines the rise of welfare markets in Western societies and explores their functioning, regulation and embeddedness by addressing the particular field of old...

Published October 24th 2007 by Routledge.

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Sibling Identity and Relationships

Sisters and Brothers

By Rosalind Edwards, Lucy Hadfield, Helen Lucey, Melanie Mauthner

Sibling Identity and Relationships explores the special place that siblings occupy in the lives of children and young people, providing new insights into sibling identity...

Published July 27th 2006 by Routledge.

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